Master of Business Administration

MB 201 : Organisational Behaviour

Semester II • Total Periods : 40 (4 Credits)

Course Objective

The present course aims to develop the interpersonal abilities in the students. It aims to develop an intimate understanding of the individual and group behaviour.

Course Structure

Unit	Topic	Description
Unit I	Understanding Organization, Behaviour and OB	Organization as a Social Unit, Concept of Learning Organization, Roles and Skills of Managers, Challenges and Opportunities of OB.
Unit II	Bases of Individual Behaviour	Basic individual differences (ability and biographical characteristics); Personality: Meaning, “Big –Five” Personality Traits. Perception: Meaning, Role of Object. Learning: Meaning, Theories: Classical Conditioning, Operant Conditioning and Social Learning; Methods to shape Behaviour.
Unit III	Groups in Organization	Groups: Types, their development stages, concept of role, Transactional Analysis. Stress and Conflict: Meaning and causes of stress, types of conflicts, coping strategies for stress and conflict; negotiation skills. Communication: Process, types, barriers; Grapevine.
Unit IV	Leadership and Organizational Change	Concept, Trait, Behavioural and Contingency (Fiedler, Hersey and Blanchard) theories; leadership styles, successful and effective leadership.
Unit V	Organizational Change	Concept, Resistance to and Managing Change.

MB 202 : Business Research Methods

Semester II • Total Periods : 40 (4 Credits)

Course Objective

This course gives a comprehensive introduction to the subject of business research methods. The objective of this course is to develop the research skills of the students in investigating the business problems with a view to arrive at objective findings, interpretation of data and conclusions of their investigation in the form of systematic reports. Further, acquainting students with all modern and universally applied research concepts, tools and techniques and encouraging them to apply their acquired theoretical knowledge to real-life situations are paramount course objectives.

Course Structure

Unit	Topic	Description
Unit I	Introduction to Business Research	Meaning and Significance of Research in Business; Different Approaches to Research – Scientific Methods and Non-scientific Methods; Types of Business Research; The Research Process; Ethics in Business Research.
Unit II	The Research Problem and Design	Formulation and Definition of Business Research Problem; Formulation of Research Hypotheses, Business Research Design – Exploratory Research Design (Secondary Data and Qualitative Research), Descriptive Research Design (Survey and Observation) and Causal Research Design (Experimentation); Potential Sources of Errors in Research.
Unit III	Sampling Design and Measurement Techniques	The Sampling Design Process; Types of Sample Design – Probability and Non-probability Sampling Designs; Size of Sample; Sampling Errors; Concept of Measurement and Scaling; Important Scaling Techniques – Comparative and Non-comparative; Reliability and Validity of Measurement.
Unit IV	Data Collection Tools and Data Processing	Questionnaire and Observation Forms; Questionnaire Design Process; Collecting Primary Data through – Observations, Semi-structured Interviews, In-depth Interviews and Questionnaire; Processing of Research Data – Editing, Coding, Classification and Tabulation. Analysis of Data – Basic Data Analysis – Descriptive Statistics; Hypotheses Testing.
Unit V	Business Research Report	Importance of the Report & Presentation; Business Report Format; Report Writing; Oral Presentation; Research Follow-up.

MB 203 : Operations Research

Semester II • Total Periods : 40 (4 Credits)

Course Objective

This paper intends to acquaint the student with the management of different operational aspects of organizations especially with respect to the manufacturing, assembling and servicing processes with numerical and quantitative technical value addition.

Course Structure

Unit	Topic	Description
Unit I	Introduction to Operation Research	Managerial Decision Making and Different Models of Operation Research: Principles and Types, Nature and Scope of Related to other Functional Area of Business, Duties and Responsibilities of Personnel.
Unit II	Introduction to Linear Programming	Formulation of Linear Programming Problems Graphical Solution to Two Variable Problems, Simplex Method and Its Applications, Duality in linear programming, Primal and dual LP problems.
Unit III	Transportation Problems	Introduction, Initial Basic Feasible Solution: North West corner rule, Least Cost method, Vogel’s Approximation method. Optimality test, Modified Distribution (MODI) Method and Stepping Stone Method.
Unit IV	Construction of a Network Diagram	Application of Networks in Project Management: Program Evaluation and Review Technique (PERT) Model, Determination of Critical Path, Distribution of Project Completion Time, Critical Path Method (CRM) Model, Application of CPM and PERT Models.
Unit V	Game Theory	Introduction, Technology, Classification, Payoff Making, Maximum and Minimum Strategies, saddle Point, Mixed Strategies – Games without Saddle Point.

MB 204 : Management Accounting and Control

Semester II • Total Periods : 40 (4 Credits)

Course Objective

The objective of this course is to expose the students to the applied aspect of accounting and making them familiar with the techniques of using Accounting information for decision making. Having been introduced to these techniques and having acquired the ability to understand accounting language, the students should be in a position to make effective use of accounting information in resolving the problems, which they may face as managers. Applied side of the subject will be given more emphasis and attention as compared to its conceptual aspect. Consequently, case-method of teaching will be used besides class lectures.

Course Structure

Unit	Topic	Description
Unit I	Introduction	Meaning, Functions, Scope and Limitations of Management Accounting, Financial Accounting Vs. Management Accounting.
Unit II	Break-Even Analysis	Meaning, Graphic presentation, Preparation of break-even charts and their interpretation, Managerial uses of Break-even analysis.
Unit III	Marginal Costing	Meaning of Marginal Cost, Analysis of Incremental costs and revenues, Management Application of Marginal Income Accounting.
Unit IV	Budgeting	Definition of a budget, Kinds of budgets, Preparation of a Budget, Budgetary Control, Flexible Budgeting, Zero Base Budgeting, Performance Budgeting.
Unit V	Standard Costing	Meaning, Types of Standard and their revision, Difference between budgeting and standard costing. Kinds of Variances, their use in making appraisal and fixing responsibility, Procedure of setting standard cost – Material, Labour and Overhead.

MB 205 : Financial Management

Semester II • Total Periods : 40 (4 Credits)

Course Objective

The present course aims at familiarizing the participants with the skills related to basic principles, tools and techniques of financial management.

Course Structure

Unit	Topic	Description
Unit I	Concept of Finance	Scope and objectives of finance, Functions of Financial Management.
Unit II	Concept and Principles of Capital Structure	Leverage Analysis – operating, financial and combined leverage and its implications.
Unit III	Dividend Decision	Ploughing back of profits, forms of dividends, factors affecting dividend policy, dividend payout decisions.
Unit IV	Time Value of Money	Risk and return analysis, Concept and significance of cost of capital and its computation, Concept and Significance of Capital Budgeting.
Unit V	Working Capital Management	Meaning, Significance and factors influencing the level of working capital management. Management of cash, receivables and inventory.

MB 206 : Project Management

Semester II • Total Periods : 40 (4 Credits)

Course Objective

The objective of this course is to enable the students to gain basic knowledge about the concept of project, project management, project life-cycle, project appraisal; to acquaint the students about various issues of project management.

Course Structure

Unit	Topic	Description
Unit I	Basics of Project Management	Concept – Project Environment – Types of Projects – Project life Cycle – Project proposals – Monitoring project progress – Project appraisal and project selection – Identification of Investment opportunities – Source of new project ideas, preliminary screening of projects – Feasibility studies and reports.
Unit II	Market Feasibility	Market survey – Categories of Market survey – steps involved in conducting market survey – Demand forecasting techniques, sales projections.
Unit III	Technical Feasibility	Production technology, materials and inputs, plant capacity, site selection, plant layout, site preparation, Managerial Feasibility Project organization and responsibilities. Development of Programme Evaluation & Review Technique (PERT) – Benefits of PERT.
Unit IV	Financial Analysis	Capital Expenditure – Criteria and Investment strategies – Capital Investment Appraisal Techniques (Non DCF and DCF) – Risk analysis – Cost of project and means of financing – Estimation of cash flows – Estimation of Capital costs and operating costs; Forecasting income – Preparation of detailed financial projections Break-even point.
Unit V	Project Management	Project implementation and review – project planning – project control – human aspects of project management – prerequisites for successful project implementation – project review.